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Posted by
Ed_Blue
(VIP) 21 Jun 2004 12:50am
Surprise, a new subject.
I've mentioned many times before that I try to go out of my way to give lower rated players, yup even lower than me, a chance to play and learn. Earlier I was in the MAIN looking for a game but the pickings were sparce.
A player, rated 1,450, posted a message (chat) stating, 'Will anyone play with me? Ask me to play.'
Being the sucker I am, I sent a PM to this player and agreed to play her. I suggested that she set the match up and I'd join her. She set the game as 100_REG. Despite the fact that I really don't enjoy 100 pt games I sometimes play them to watch the different strategies used by these players.
I greeted my opponent, who didn't thank me for joining her, and got nothing in response. I assumed she was a NEWBIE so I said nothing.
The match started and her first move took 40 seconds. I wrote this off to her newness. You guessed it, she got slower, not faster.
After about 6 minutes, the first game of the 100 pt match was not yet completed. I posted the following statement in the chat, 'I suggest you play a bit faster'. Before I got to complete my thought she shot back, 'Why should I?' I stated, 'I was just going to suggest you get into a rythm and move along.' She replied, 'So what? Grumpy'
I smiled and closed the table. She probably got the win although there was no score but that isn't the issue. I was trying to help but my opponent, after pleading for someone to play with, just let me know why no-one was playing with her.
I guess I did something wrong by trying to help but I can't figure out what. It is now 12:50 EDT and the number of players in the MAIN ROOM are dwindling.
Did any of you experience this sort of thing lately?
Manners?
Posted by
MAB
21 Jun 2004 9:00am
Ed I must defer to webmasters latest post regarding manners. The fact is..we cannot demand good sportsmanship OR manners. The best shot we have is the attempt at both by displaying such by our shining examples.
Some of our players have recently come from other sites where the 'standard' is rude and
inconsiderate behavior. They will have the choice to blend or not. If it is the latter they will find more and more difficulty finding games. But more often than not the choice will be to correct this unacceptable behavior because they recognize the difference !
GameColony IS different and certainly the top of the heap in online games. We are the country club... it is up to the player whether they want to comply with our standards as well as our 'Terms and Conditions' and there is nothing we can do but keep our personal standards high and hope most of them will join us and become leaders too at GameColony...where courtesy, respect & decency are not only the custom but the RULE.
Ed please keep playing the newbies. We were all new at one time and many of these players will become our friends and our future. Know that your efforts do not go unrecognized. 
Right On Point ....
Posted by
Ed_Blue
(VIP) 21 Jun 2004 11:47am
I'm certain I'm not the only player experiencing this sort of behavior and I also know there is a problem in getting more experienced players to 'risk' their rating with a possible loss to a Newbie. This can be the reason why the attempt is not often worth it.
I try to reach out and help anyone who asks and usually I'm able to do so. But there is a point when you just look at your monitor, smile and silently say, 'You are kidding?
Being decent seems to be getting hard and harder by the day.
You guessed it. This problem is not only with Newbie, where it can be expected, but a few too many players seem to take the 'bottom road' rather than the 'high road' when it comes to manners. Case in point is a player that pushed hard enough to solicit a challenge from me. Its just not needed and if its happeneing to a TD, then what must be happening to the rest of the group?
Scary
New players
Posted by
calc_guy
21 Jun 2004 8:44pm
Sure, I've experienced this kind of behavior. What I have done is explain that if they don't speed it up, they're going to have hard time getting a game. Another time, after a rude response, I quit as you did, but I made sure to explain with 'Sorry, I'm used to much faster play.'
Did you check to see how many games this person has played? When a player is starting out, it can be very hard to get used to the computer cards, and the way they are arranged on screen. As slow as I am now, I was much slower the first 30 or 40 games. Also, you can check your own win/loss record. If you didn't get a loss, I don't think the other person got a win, right?
calc_guy
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Posted by
Ed_Blue
(VIP) 21 Jun 2004 9:29pm
I try not to look at my w/l record. It tends to depress me. I just enjoy playing the better players and also letting a new player get a break at the ,main-stream play.
I have checked the w/l but I should. There was no recorded score since we didn't get that far after 5+ minutes.
As far as rudeness, it just shouln't be.
I must admit that recent events have sensitized me to the problem and it is real and booming. If players are rude to TDs, I can't imagine how they react to the rest of the world.
It's hard to believe your speed is 'up' to where it is. LOL, just another way to play until or unless it become bothersome to your opponents and then they're option is no to join you again.
You are right, I'll check the stats now. The last time I looked, I was #12 in tourney wins. Not bad for a substandard player.
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